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holliday. underway in the eighth. sandoval is out of the game. pitcher, santiago casilla, will hit where sandoval was. sandoval, by the way, reached on another error by kozma. and they put out 6-2. the cardinals have two errors here in game seven. the other one belongs to jon jay. holliday has not done much in this lcs. hit by a pitch his last time up. four out of twenty three, no home runs, two rbi. hitting under .200. this last night's game, he had a bad back. jason motte, the closer for the cardinals, gets ready

in the bullpen. allen craig and yadier molina will follow. still 0-2. here is the 0-2 pitch from santiago casilla. it misses outside. the cardinals have not lost three straight since september 10th through the 12th and they are in danger of doing that and blowing a three-games-to-one series advantage, and the giants have shut down the cardinal offense almost entirely. a high hopper. tough play. arias got him? nope, safe! belt came off the bag

and tried to influence the call by the first base umpire, who gave a quick safe call. that was gione. it looked like holliday beat it. arias did all he could, and he was safe. >> tim: good call. >> joe: it's a base hit. an infield base hit for holliday. and arias couldn't have done much more with it. he looks in for the sign. craig now three out of his last twenty-seven. he's 0 for 3 in this game. he lined out his last time up. hit a shot into the gap in left center in the third that was caught by blanco. popped up. ended the inning with a strike. here is the 0-1.

off the end of the bat, strike 2. >> tim: allen craig went to school at the university of california in berkeley and hoped to do a lot better in this series, facing the giants, of course. a lot of a's fa went to berkeley. finished with a degree in social services. >> joe: he is looking for a two-strike hit. he won't find it. into center, angel pagan is there. one on, one out. allen craig is now 3 out of 25 against the giants right-handed pitching this season. how about the last three games of this nlcs and how dominant the giants have been?

the average, the cardinals hitting .191, doing nothing with runners scoring position. the cardinals defensively have four errors in those games and have allowed ten unearned runs in this series, which is an nlcs record. here's molina, who has a three-hit night. good movement on that 94-mile-per-hour fastball. strike 1. javier lopez, the side-arming left-hander, went down to get loose. one on, one out. one ball, one strike.

molina with a single in the second, in the fourth and in the sixth. batting in the eighth. he's got a four-hit night. into right center field. holliday will stop at second. two one out. yadier molina now has put together a good lcs. he's 11 out of 28. >> tim: you ask the cardinals what they would have done before the game, knowing yadier molina would go 4 for 4. they would say we'll win the game, but they haven't even scored. 8-0, giants. >> joe: went 5 2/3, allowed five hits. affeldt only a walk on his record in an inning and a third. casilla gave up an infield hit, now a base hit into right center by molina. the batter is david freese. late swing and a miss. good juice on that fastball from the right-hander, davis.

he's got great movement. 94 diving and freese missed it by plenty. david 0 for 2 with a walk in this game seven. strike 2. on deck is descalso. the bullpen is lopez. at the plate is freese and on the mound casilla. left side. it is a foul ball.

coming into tonight's game the combination of barry zito and ryan vogelsong in this lcs has been 3-0 with a combined e.r.a. of 1.53. the rest of the rotation in this postseason, 1-5. an e.r.a. just under 7. 6.9. but cain put an end to that. that's what that 3-0 has done the last three games. the 0-2 is in the dirt. back to the screen. the runners advance to second and third with one out. it will be a wild pitch. >> tim: we talk about it the other night, meanwhile jim leyland and the detroit tigers are loving the fact that the giants and the cardinals are playing to game seven.

>> joe: the tigers with their five days off and they can line up their rotation with the game's best, in our opinion. justin verlander for game one. >> tim: bon the planet. >> joe: here's the 1-2. fouled back. >> joe: he is the reigning cy young award winner. he's also the reigns a. l. mvp. over his last seven games, including the postseason, he's been virtually unhittable. 7-0. well under a run per game. it starts wednesday night in the natl league city, 7:30 eastern, 4:30 pacific.

ground ball back to casilla. look at the runner, gets the out. two out here in the eighth. and the shutout is still alive. it's descalso, and it will be javier lopez. that bullpen has been so good for bruce bochy all year long. in late-inning relief, and in place of the injured brian wilson. the lefty lopez now with descalso coming to the plate. two out in the top of the eighth. members of congress. in celebration of over 75 years of our government employees insurance company, or geico...as most of you know it. ...i propose savings for everyone! i'm talking hundreds here... and furthermore.. newcaster: breaking news. the gecko is demanding free pudding. and political parties that are actual parties!

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greatfutures.org/fox sp orts. tony cruz is off the bench. to pinch-hit for descalso. the rain picks up a little bit. more in the category of a mist at this point with two out in the top of the eighth. this, for cruz, is his first postseason at-bat in 2012. one ball, one strike. cruz batting for descalso. 0 for 3 tonight. strike 2. cruz is in the same position hector sanchez is with the

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>> tim: no. fun. >> joe: they played that on the scoreboard and the fans have fun, as they have with a number of different songs they put up there. and as we go to the bottom of the eighth inning, it's an 8-0 game. motte takes over. skip schumaker is in the game at second. schumaker will bat ninth. buster posey, gets it to kozma. one out. tonight'ame is sponsored by directv. don't just watch tv, directv. and by jennie-o turkey store. make the switch and look for jennie-o turkey at a store near you. along with our producer and director, and one out nobody on. bottom of the eighth inning. hunter pence stands in. 2 out of 4.

a strike from motte. ken rosenthal is with us. assuming the giants advance out of this nlcs, tim touched ton earlier, while they have to deal with verlander, the rotation is upside down for bruce bochy, how do you think it is planned and will lay out for the giants in the world series? >> ken: joe, barry zito likely will start game one. game two is where it gets interesting. the only way the giants could get two starts out of both brian vogue and matt cain would be to pitch vogelsong in game two on three days rest. now vogelsong has never started a game on three days rest. recent history of pitchers in the postseason on three days rest is not good. but the giants could back up vogelsong with tim lincecum and madison bumgarner, or they could simply start lincecum in game two instead. >> tim: lincecum makes full sense to me. >> joe: lincecum, who

has pitched out of the bullpen in this nlcs, with one exception, game four, is even up earlier in this game seven if matt cain needed help. cain didn't want to give up the baseball. that's very much like matt cain. when he did in the sixth, affeldt took care of the rest of that inning and cain is in line for the win. the 0-1 from motte to belt up and away. a ball and a strike. >> tim: joe, you and i were talking about even the possibility of madison bumgarner, since he has corrected a flaw in his delivery, starting game two perhaps. but are the giants convinced that that flaw is corrected? >> joe: here's a high fly ball to right. off the bat of belt and gone!

>> tim: that pitch was 98 miles an hour. it doesn't matter how fast it is when it's in that location. as brandon lives up to his name. >> joe: did not make the water. but that had to feel good for brandon belt. strike 1 now to blanco. for belt, that is his first in the

postseason. strike 2 on gregor blanco. 0-2, the count on gregor blanco with two out. ball 1. we talked to bruce bochy about the rotation before the game should the giants advance and he said i've not even thought about it. don't let my mind go there. >> tim: no. >> joe: those decisions will be forthcoming. here's the 1-2. fouled back. kenny, we know verlander in game one of the world series. how bat rest for

detroit? >> matt: it will be fister in game two, anibal sanchez in game three and matt scherzer in game four. that lines up verlander, fister and sanchez or possibly verlander on three days rest in game seven. they have had an outstanding e.r.a. in the post. >> joe: here's the 1-2 pitch. that's going to be a tough play. motte off the mound. fires a fastball to end the eighth. he threw one 98. brandon belt turned it around. number 9 makes it 9-0, giants here in game seven. it's threemendous. it's a... ♪ threemendous. ♪ threemendous. [ male announcer ] say hello to mcdonald's new... [ basketball announcer ] threemendous! [ male announcer ] cbo. smooth cheddar, crispy bacon, grilled onions

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kozma. 1 ball, 1 strike. pete tonight 0 for 3. committed an error defensively. three errors this postseason for the shortstop filling in for rafael furcal. now the count 1-2. 2-2. kozma leading off the ninth. takes ball 3.

crew chief gary darling not giving in on that pitch. just up and away. the rain picks up a bit. here's the 3-2. a leadoff walk. remember that rule that baseball put in, that you have to play a full nine innings. as the rain picks up here. there was forecast for rain all day. for the most part, sergio romo will get loose. the rain has stayed away. this is as hard as it's rained all night.

one on, nobody out. a ball up and in to schumaker. his first at-bat. taking over at second base in the bottom of the eighth. another lefty, jay, on deck. 2-0. >> tim: lopez appears to have no problems because of the wet weather. all of a sudden he's inside to left-handers, outside to right-handers. >> joe: there's the 2-0. there's a strike. 2-1. jammed is schumaker. it's a foul ball. two balls, two

strikes. the 2-2 pitch. to the second baseman, scutaro, and the only out at second. one away. and the batter will be jon jay. after jay you have the switch-hitting beltran and then right-handed batters coming up. the rain lightens up a bit. romo continues to get

loose. lopez struck out tony cruz to end the eighth. allowed a walk and get the force-out at second here in the ninth. strike 1. >> tim: a reporter asked sergio romo what it would be like to see his first game seven in person. he said i don't know, i've never seen one, much less pitched in one. >> joe: it is pouring! >> tim: yeah. >> joe: here's the 0-1. ripped foul. strike 2. gary darling is the crew chief. it's up to him. it's in his hands if he wants to pull the tarp on and delay the rest of this night. the crowd doesn't want it.

>> tim: no. >> joe: here's the 0-2. ball 1. >> tim: the crowd is probably thinking we've seen the 49ers perform in this type weather all the time. big deal. >> joe: jon jay with the rain pounding down. set up at is 1-2. one on, one out. two out. marco scutaro, who has had an mvp series, enjoying the rain. for good measure, the guy